Cross Platform Mobile Development with PhoneGap

Bio: Matt has an extensive career in software engineering/architecture, web application development and system administration. At Toura, he is deeply involved in the design, development, and implementation of Toura’s mobile applications and asset infrastructure. Most recently, he was the Chief Technical Officer of The J. Peterman Company, a catalog and web-based apparel company located in Lexington, KY. While at J. Peterman, Matt rebuilt the hardware and software infrastructure, redesigned the website (resulting in increased conversions) and designed/implemented several Ruby on Rails web applications. Earlier positions included Technical and Database Architect for Project Dragonfly, a division of Miami University, Adjunct Professor in Computer Science and Interactive Media Studies (Miami University), DBA at The Institute for Genomic research in Rockville, MD, and other software development leadership roles. He has a computer science undergraduate and a MBA from Miami University in Oxford, Ohio.

Abstract: PhoneGap is an open source framework for building cross-platform mobile applications with HTML, CSS, and JavaScript. This is an ideal solution for web developers interested in mobile development as it allows them to leverage existing skills rather than start form scratch with a device-specific compiled language; it also works well if you want an application to run on multiple devices with the same code base. In this talk, I'll discuss the pros and cons of PhoneGap, give a brief survey of other cross-platform mobile application frameworks, an overview to the PhoneGap architecture/ecosystem, and discuss our new open-source framework, Mulberry

Bio: Danilo, aka Dani, is a Developer Evangelist for Microsoft’s Mid-Atlantic State district. In this role, he helps developers understand Microsoft’s product offerings and strategy. Prior to joining Microsoft, he worked at Perficient Philadelphia where he helped establish their Mobility Practice. Dani has over 8 years of experience in the IT industry. His ability to identify and utilize the right blend of technologies to solve business needs has been an asset on all projects he has worked on. Dani’s first .NET project was a Web-based eLearning application which was built on ASP.NET 1.0 Beta 2. As a consultant he has served the roles of system architect, technical lead, developer and mentor on various large and small projects. He has worked on SOA-based applications, Web applications, Windows applications and mobile systems.

Abstract: PhoneGaps is an amazing tool that gives web developers and designers the ability to create native mobile applications using the languages, tools and techniques they are familiar with. Creating mobile apps using Javascript, HTML and CSS via PhoneGap makes it very easy to port those applications to multiple platform. While there is a benefit in porting mobile apps to multiple platforms, maintaining the look a feel of the underlying operating system is paramount. In this talk, I will introduce the Metro Design Language of Windows Phone 7. Metro is the name of the new design language created for the Windows Phone 7 interface. By using Metro developers and designer can create elegant mobile application that feel native to Windows Phone.

A former member

Great presentations.ButFor the second time I signed up over ten days ago, through meetup Meetup confirmed my attendance but my name was not in the building list. I had a terrible time getting in the building.Hope they will get their act together.

Welcome to the Microsoft Mobile App Devs of New York City Meetup! (#MMADNYC)

Our MISSION: To bring together developers who are building mobile apps and games on the Windows platform. Starting with Windows & Windows Phone 8.1 today, and moving to Windows 10 over the next few months, our goal is to help you get everything you need to design, build & publish apps and games, and turn them into successful ventures.

Each month Microsoft hosts presentations and workshops for App and Game developers at the Microsoft Times Square office, led by our team of Technical Evangelists. We welcome all levels of coders - professionals and students - and we are committed to helping developers be successful with their smartphone and tablet apps.

What we cover:

Anything that has to do with building a Windows Phone or Windows 8.x app: deep dives into app models, specific SDKs, libraries, tips & tricks, etc.

Game development for the Windows Platform using Unity, GameMaker, Construct2, XNA/MonoGame, C++/DirectX, etc.

Windows platform apps and the Internet of Things (IoT), and also Kinect & HoloLens.

All members who attend the monthly Meetup can win raffle prizes from our sponsors such as Xbox games, books on mobile development from O'Reilly and Microsoft Press. Members also get access to other sponsor discounts and exclusive offers for possible beta programs or insider programs. We typically meet on the fourth Tuesday evening of every month at the Microsoft office in Times Square. We also host special sessions, roundtables, office hours and workshops to provide technical assistance with building your apps.

While this group primarily targets app and game development on the Windows Universal App Platform, we also cover cross-platform technologies - such as Xamarin or Cordova - that let developers target more than one mobile platform.